Druplas are "practice masters" recognized for their training and ability in ritual activities. Khenpos have completed 9 years of intensive Buddhist philosophical study in a shedra. Additionally, they have passed rigorous exams and undergone a teacher training period.
Kyabjé Khenpo (Kyabjé Khen Rinpoche Tashi Palden) was born in the Dergé kingdom in Eastern Tibet in the surroundings of Kyabjé...
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Read MoreDrupla Tenphel Gyatso is one of the senior monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, and has undergone the traditional three-year...
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Read MoreDrupla Opak is one of the senior monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, and has undergone the traditional three-year retreat...
Read MoreDrupla Sonam Tsering is one of the senior monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and has undergone the traditional three-year...
Read MoreLama Sherab Phuntsok is one of the senior monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery. He is currently the resident lama at...
Read MoreLowell Cook is a lover, reader, and researcher of the entire breadth of Tibetan literature, from the ancient Dunhuang manuscripts...
Read MoreOriane Lavole is a translator and interpreter of Buddhist texts and teachings from Tibetan to English. She has been interpreting...
Read MoreSamye Institute instructors have been designated by Phakchok Rinpoche. The individuals have varying life experiences but are all committed to the practice of the Buddhadharma and the Chokling Tersar lineage.
Under the guidance of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chokling Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinpoche, Jangchub Yeshe was ordained at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling ...
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Read MoreJack deTar trains under the guidance of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinpoche. He tries to serve others, hold in devotion...
Read MoreLama Michael Friedman has spent 50 years in an intensive study of philosophy in general and the nature of mind...
Read MoreHilary Herdman, Ph.D, studied and taught at Rangjung Yeshe Institute at Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery since 2000. Hilary was a...
Read MoreAlan Pope, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of West Georgia, USA. His doctoral training in clinical existential-phenomenological psychology...
Read MoreMaryanne Müller Prieto is a long-time dharma student from Chile. She has had the privilege and blessing of being Kyabgön...
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Read MoreArthur Versluis, Ph.D., is a professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies in the College of Arts & Letters at...
Read MoreShu-chin (Sophie) Wu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History at Agnes Scott College, a liberal arts college for women in...
Read MoreSomānanda Yogi has had the great fortune of studying the Buddha Dharma under very kind and knowledgeable teachers from the...
Read MoreMatthew Zalichin began studying Buddhism as an undergraduate in 1971. His teachers include many of the past and current century’s...
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Somānanda Yogi has had the great fortune of studying the Buddha Dharma under very kind and knowledgeable teachers from the...
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Read MoreKevin Gormley, a life-long educator, is a former MS and HS teacher, performed health and science magic shows for school...
Read MoreTawni Tidwell, TMD, PhD is a Tibetan medical physician (also known as “menpa” or “amchi”), who studied Tibetan medicine at...
Read MoreAnasuya Weil, Menpa, M.S., L.M.T. Prior to studying Tibetan Medicine Anasuya received her M.S. in 2001 from UMass Amherst and...
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